‘Osun residents must pay tax to boost economy’
‘Osun residents must pay tax to boost economy’
August 18, 2015 : Eniola Akinkuotu 8 Comments
Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola
A
communique at the end of a stakeholders’ forum held in Osogbo, the Osun
State capital, has submitted that Osun residents must pay their taxes
in order to boost the economy of the state.
The forum included traders, transporters, civil servants, clerics, artisans and students.
The stakeholders’ forum was put together
by the Osun State Legislative Forum, which comprise senators, members
of the House of Representatives and the state legislature.
A communique after the stakeholders’
forum said that in the light of the inability of the state government to
pay salaries, the regular payment of tax was the only way the
Internally Generated Revenue could increase.
The communique issued on Monday read,
“In the face of dwindling revenue from the Federation Account, all Osun
people must resolve to collectively ensure that there is tremendous
improvement in the IGR. All the people and businesses in the state of
Osun must patriotically pay their taxes and rates before being compelled
to do so.”
The communique noted that due to the state’s dwindling resources many of the projects had been put on hold.
It said the state government must devise means of reducing waste and blocking all loopholes through which funds could be looted.
It added, “There is an urgent need to
review the cost of governance particularly to ascertain accurately the
cost of the various components, salaries, allowances and overheads
encompassing recurrent expenditure of the state government.
“There
should be a feedback mechanism on government policies and programmes so
as to evolve prudence, transparency and accountability in fund
management.”
The communique urged the state
government to embrace Public-Private Partnership in areas where the
state has advantage, especially in areas such as agriculture, mining and
tourism.
It urged the state government to
patronise more competent and efficient local contractors so as to create
wealth within the economy of the state.
It added, “The state’s public and civil
servants should cooperate with the government with a view to ensuring
efficient and effective service delivery.”
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